Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Lemon Sablés

Brrr!Brrr!Brrr!

Excuse the typos. I'm writing this at 8:50pm (always the procrastinator) wearing fingerless gloves. I'm also wearing Cuddle Dud leggings, flannel pajamas, an extra flannel PJ top, that 1980's looking Hanes sweatshirt in some awful color that was on clearance at Target, and a wool hat that makes me look soooo like a sherpa in Nepal. Seriously....I can get you up that mountain in this hat.

Where am I? Some outdoor cafe on the beach of Southern California?

No, I'm INSIDE THE HOUSE! The heater isn't working and So Cal is going through a major cold spell (for us). And we don't build our houses like you guys in places where you get snow...we don't have R999999 installation and stuff. And, truth be told, we are huge weather wimps. And I'm raising my hand on that one.

Seriously, it is 49 degrees F outside, and I think it is about 50 degrees inside. I have had so much tea tonight that I might float away.

So, here are my Lemon Sable cookies for Tuesdays with Dorie. For this week's Tuesdays with Dorie selection, Barbara of Bungalow Barbara selected Sablés on pages 131-133 of Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours.

I added lemon zest. They are easy to make and easy to eat. And go great with the gallons of tea I'm drinking!

Aren't these the cutest flowers? My DC friends Racheal, Lee, Caden and their three cute cats sent me these cupcake flowers for my birthday!! And thank you so much for your birthday wishes. I went to Disneyland and got drenched. I'll post about that later...after I warm up and my shoes dry out!

OMG, I am so jealous of your electric blanket!! Last night I slept with a turtleneck, a hoodie, a blanket, a quilt, socks, and a Snuggie!! I kid you not! The cookies look great. BTW, your noodle kugel is on SAVEUR!!

I would give two fingers to have it be 50 degrees! It is snowing her right now...not much accumulation, just looks pretty, but I am already looking forward to spring. I like your bday flowers....so cute.

I can't help but laugh at you describing yourself as a *winter wimp* :-) It's supposed to hit 50 here in Baltimore today (with buckets of rain :-/) and then only have highs in the mid 30s for the rest of the week. Now THAT's cold!

Oh no! I think we're finally getting your cold spell...all the way over in Boston! We live in a 3rd floor apartment, and I demanded that we be way up high just so that the apartment would be cool in the summer, warm in the winter. And that's working out today, with the wintry mix that's hitting us. STAY WARM!!!

Peaking in at your blog today and I hope you are warm today and I sure hope your ovaries did not melt from the electric blanket:) You are too funny. Your blog is wonderful and I want all of those bundt cakes you posted from everyone. Isn't baking the most fun? OK so my kids say I need to get a life that does not revolve around FLOUR but I can't help myself:)Joyce

You are hilarious! It was 51 this morning and I almost didn't wear my coat. When we went back to CA in the winter we laughed at the people all bundled up and it was 60. But, I am with you, when I lived in CA I was a weather wimp. Glad these lemon sables turned out for you. Keep warm! :)

Ahhhhh Sables.... oh goodness are they ever my favorite.... I've never had lemon Sables but they sound terrific. It is getting cold here... just got back from the states, so not as cold in Japan as there.. but low 40's from this week on....